🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russia will either have to stop all this or declare a large-scale mobilization if the war drags on until the summer of 2025," – Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Ukrainian Military Intelligence (GUR).

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "If we talk about conditional rebellions of ethnic groups in Russia, then for this we need a leader on the spot. We have a good leader, he is with us, but is still gaining skills," – Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Ukrainian Military Intelligence (GUR).

🇸🇾⚡- Syrian forces have besieged SDF in the city of Hajin, Mayadin direction.

Syrian tribal forces have captured the southern and eastern outskirts of the city. There is only one road out via the north for the SDF.

🇮🇷🇸🇾⚡- Iranian-backed groups are brining reinforcements and artillery systems to the Mayadin sector to assist the Syrian tribal forces (Arab Tribal Army) in its offensive against US-backed SDF.

Pro-Iranian groups and the tribal forces haven't always been in agreement with numerous clashes, but also joint operations, between the two in the past.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Scenes from Sudzha, Kursk region of Russia.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- The US intends to request clarification from Kiev regarding the events in the Kursk region, of Russia – The White House.

🇷🇺🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- There are growing signs of Russia's involvement in helping the "Iranian axis" militarily, not just diplomatically – Haaretz, left-wing, anti-Likud paper.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "There are no Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city, but there is constant shelling. Everything is fine, everything is fine, everything is ours." – Vitaly Slashchev, Mayor of Sudzha.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Air alerts in Kursk, Russia - two Ukrainian aircraft heading towards Sumy, Ukraine.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Still image from a Ukrainian drone showing a mass surrender of Russian troops in Kursk, Russia.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Iranian Foreign Minister at the OIC meeting in Jeddah: "Iran's response will happen at the right time and in the right way"

🇮🇪🇮🇱⚡️- Irish airliner Ryanair has cancelled all flights to Israel for the rest of this month, August.

🇫🇷🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "I told the Iranian President that the cycle of revenge must be stopped," – French President, Emmanuel Macron.

🇮🇷⚡- "Tehran did everything it could to avoid confrontation in the region," – Bagheri Kani, Acting Foreign Minister of Iran, at the IOC in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Red alerts in northern Israel (Safed / Dalton direction.)

🇺🇲🇺🇦⚡- Ukraine rejects explaining the Kursk situation to our reporters. They did not answer the phone – Bloomberg.

🇪🇬🇮🇷⚡️- Egypt has issued a NOTAMS for all Egyptian aircraft to avoid Iranian airspace in the early hours of August 8th.

🇺🇲🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukraine did not inform the United States in advance of its plan to invade Russia. The invasion and fighting on Russian soil involved weapons supplied by the United States and Western countries – Wall Street Journal.

🇪🇬🇮🇷⚡- Egypt has claimed the NOTAM issued is for pre-planned Iranian military exercises over Iran's airspace. The Egyptian authorities were notified of the exercises by the Iranian Government.

🇮🇷⚡- Iran has issued a warning to civilian airlines worldwide, advising them to avoid its airspace due to ongoing military exercises.

🇹🇷🇻🇪⚡- Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, congratulates Venezuela's President, Nicolas Maduro, on winning the Presidential elections.